User:Liliaboh18/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Language deprivation in deaf and hard of hearing children

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
My team chose it because it is an interesting and important topic. It is important that the general public knows that language deprivation is not an inevitable condition that comes with being Deaf. The article was fine when we first looked over it. It had some minor grammatical errors and we agreed that we wanted to add sentences to make sure perspectives were balanced, but for the most part it was pretty well constructed.

Evaluate the article
I was assigned the sections Typical language development for deaf and hard of hearing children, early intervention, and general education.

For all three sections, the sources are very lacking

External research to get references is crucial and will be where I spend most of my time

Notes:

Include the fact that some people don’t use any hearing aids and live perfectly happy lives

More emphasis on the fact that it all has to do with language exposure, either signed or spoken.

Mention that a family could decide not to have a speech therapist, maybe it is too expensive

Emphasize that cochlear implants, hearing aids, oralist approaches, mainstream school, etc. isn't right for everyone

Complications will arise with using interpreters too

No images, maybe we could include some?